Clinical course of diabetes in patients operated upon for chronic pancreatitis
Diabetes evolution among patients who underwent surgery for chronic pancreatitis has been evaluated (10 had left pancreatectomy, 23 pancreatoduodenectomy, 39 pancreaticojejunostomy, 13 other operations not on the pancreas). On the basis of insulin needs for achieving a normal glycemic status, left p...
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Published in | Minerva endocrinologica Vol. 16; no. 4; p. 179 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | Italian |
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Italy
01.10.1991
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Summary: | Diabetes evolution among patients who underwent surgery for chronic pancreatitis has been evaluated (10 had left pancreatectomy, 23 pancreatoduodenectomy, 39 pancreaticojejunostomy, 13 other operations not on the pancreas). On the basis of insulin needs for achieving a normal glycemic status, left pancreatectomy proves to cause or at least to hasten the development of diabetes which appears hardly kept under control and easily followed by complications. The choice of such surgical treatment should be justified, besides the local pathologicoanatomic situation, by a well established endocrine impairment. |
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ISSN: | 0391-1977 |